Savannah Gardens will hold an open house from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday to showcase 11 new homes along Crescent Street and the newly named Inspiration Way.

The two-story homes, the first ones in Savannah Gardens' single-family area, are part of an eastside redevelopment effort to improve housing and spur private business growth. Savannah Gardens, a combined development of rent-assisted, senior and fair-market housing, replaced the old, World War II-era housing known as Strathmore Estates along Pennsylvania Avenue. The city, Community Housing Services Agency, Inc. and First Citizens Bank are partners in the project.

For information about the homes or the open house, contact Darrel Daise, CHSA director, at 651-2169.